Return of the Rasp

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One of the most useful wood-shaping tools – the rasp – is on my personal list of endangered tools.

Flip though any early 20th century hardware catalog and you’ll be astonished at the variety of rasps that were once available to the woodworker, shoemaker, farrier and even the baker (for removing burnt crust from the bottom of a loaf).